Asif Mahmud to be a voter for Dhaka-10 constituency
Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, advisor to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, is a voter for Dhaka-10 parliamentary constituency. This information was given in a message sent by the ministry’s public relations officer on Sunday (November 9) morning. It has been said that advisor Asif Mahmud will be present at the Dhanmondi Thana election office at 3 pm. He will be a voter for Dhanmondi Thana.
The Dhaka-10 constituency is made up of Dhanmondi, New Market, Kalabagan and Hazaribagh thanas. BNP has not yet announced a candidate for this constituency. However, Jamaat-e-Islami has already nominated Supreme Court lawyer Jasim Uddin Sarkar for this constituency. Earlier, advisor Asif Mahmud was a voter for Comilla-3 constituency consisting of Muradnagar Upazila. It was also said that he could vote from this constituency.
Recently, there were rumors that Asif Mahmud could resign from the government and contest the elections from Dhaka-10 constituency if there is a seat agreement with BNP. The rumors became stronger as BNP did not announce a candidate for this constituency. Now, the rumors are getting stronger as Asif Mahmud is a voter of this constituency.
It is worth noting that Asif Mahmud was a leading leader of the anti-discrimination student movement that led the July mass uprising. During the movement, he came into the discussion by announcing the ‘complete shutdown’ program and the final date of the uprising on August 5. After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, he was placed in the advisory council of the interim government formed on August 8 last year.
Asif Mahmud, who graduated from the Department of Linguistics of Dhaka University, started politics from the Student Rights Council. Later, he played a role as one of the initiators of the formation of democratic student power. Currently, he is serving as an advisor to the Ministry of Local Government and Youth and Sports and is pursuing a master’s degree in policy and governance from North South University.
